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today. we ll see how far we debt whether we have a speaker or not. but we want to see a lot of same stuff tomorrow. i think that the official term is groundhog day, congress. while there is that! we will see. kevin mccarthy might, he might be on his way to breaking the hundred year old record of number of votes most since i think like nine is the most that we have for. that he s already broken the record for most humiliated person that is seeking the speakers gavel in modern american political history. yes. so we will see what other records he can shatter and the next couple of hours. thank you alex! have a good show! well at this very moment, kevin mccarthy is negotiating with terrorists, legislative terrorist. that is what former republican house speaker john boehner called destructiveness republicans in the house of representatives when he was speaker. he was referring then to republican congressman jim jordan when he called him a terrorist. a leg ....
traditional lecture format. and those who have heard our next guest is on one of his many tv appearances or the lectures at c-span has brought in over the years will know would i treat he was. and that guess is historian, h.w. brands. that s the book you see peeking over my book. the zealot and the emancipator. john brown, abraham lincoln and the struggle for american freedom. anyone who s observed the controversies this past year over lincoln s statues have celebrated his role as an emancipator or seeing the new and current tv series, the good lord bird which dramatizes john brown as a zealous or a freedom fighter. knows that this is a piece of history that could not be more current and relevant. and professor brands has responded as he always does with a book of great insight and high drama. the work of deep research, sound analysis and good old-fashioned narrative for trauma and momentum. a few people do it better. so now to use a quote from publishers weekly, let me ....
we leave. ted is a distinguished lecturer at the city university in new york. he has been a contributor to such publication such as the washington post and the new yorker. and the new york times. and the times he edited the collection of the centennial essays call the union. he wrote a beautiful op-ed essay on james be cannon and abraham lincoln in 1860 and 1861. that op-ed was drawn from his new book. lincoln on the verge. 13 days to washington that i hope you see over one of my soldiers. i m not going to try to guess which one that is. it s a riveting account of winter, not just focusing on him but his surroundings. a real road passenger in the north as he made his way from being springfield to washington to become the most looked at president in history after that time. i am going to lead the conversation. at around 11, 11:15, we will go to the queue and a we have a long time to talk. i m asking the obvious question which we alluded to a few minutes ago, picture us i ....
to welcome you. barbara lucas, and the vice regents of george washington mt. vernon, also president sheila ba bair, adam goodhart and the board of washington college. and the co-founders and co-chairs and all the trustees of the institute. founded in 2005, the $50,000 george washington prize is sponsored by our three organizations and is awarded each year to the best work about the founding era. this is the first type the washington prize has ever been warded to a play. and i would add no one anywhere will be surprised that tonight it will be presented to lin-manuel miranda for his astonishing hamilton. we will hear from lin miranda a bit later, bifirst firsbut firs recognize some of our distinguished guests. among them, former premiere of bermuda, former u.s. senator bill bradley, the former u.s. ambassador to the czech republic and then ambassador to france, craig staple ton and his partner in diplomacy debbie stapleton. we also have the former undersecretary for do ....
the play. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. good evening. thank you. my name is jim basker. [ applause ] it is my pleasure and privilege to welcome you all to the 1211th presentation of the george washington prize on behalf of the three co-hosts of tonight s decent. the first, regent barbara lucas the vice regents of george washington mt. vernon, also president sheila bair, adam goodhart and the board of washington college. [ applause ] and the co-founders and co-chairs and all the trustees of the institute. [ applause ] founded in 2005, the $50,000 george washington prize is sponsored by our three organizations and is awarded each year to the best work about the founding era. this is the first time the washington prize has ever been warded to a play. [ applause ] and i would add no one anywhere will be surprised that tonight it will be presented to lin-manuel miranda for his astonishing hamilton. [ applause ] we will hear from lin miranda a bit later, but first ....